From: Ed Camin (ecamin_at_advi.net)
Date: Mon Feb 05 2001 - 11:35:53 EST
On a desktop, I was able to format a drive on a machine that recognized a
large drive. I formated it into two partitions (8 & 2gig) and put it into a
machine that the max was 8.2gig. Both partitions are recognized. Maybe it
will work on a TP.
www.ed-camin.com
To err is human, but to blame it on the computer is even more so.
----- Original Message -----
From: James H. E. Maugham <CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com>
To: David Ross <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>; Thinkpad <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 12:13 AM
Subject: RE: 18 GB HD on ebay for 701
> David,
>
> David Ross [mailto:ross_at_math.hawaii.edu] wrote:
>
> > Seems hugely unlikely - OTOH, the seller, Bason Computers, is reasonably
> > legitimate.
>
> I would have to agree with David. There has been a lot of discussion of
late WRT
> shoehorning large drives into older Thinkpads and overcoming the limits
that
> appear to be inherent in many of them.
>
> The use of disk overlay software such as DiskManager and similar has long
been a
> useful tool to break these limits. But they all rely on the drive being
> recognized as _something_ by the BIOS, regardless of the size reported. In
my
> experiences with trying to break the apparent 6.4GB limit on the 755 and
other
> series, the units simply won't boot at all with anything larger. I've
tried
> Travelstars and Fujitsus from 8GB to 20GB with no success, the units
simply
> won't recognize the larger drives and freeze up. Yes, I'm using the "new"
style
> shells.
>
> What say you Bill M., our HD Guru, any hope of overcoming these BIOS
limits?
> Anyone else had any success with overlay software on older Thinkpads, 755s
and
> 760s in particular?
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
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